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This is a standardized U.S. Military Mission Report (MISREP), a form used to record the circumstances of military operations, in this case an aerial ISR/reconn…

This is a redacted Mission Report (MISREP) originating from the 482d Attack Squadron (482ATKS), 432 AEW, operating under USCENTCOM/ACC, describing an ISR sorti…

According to the releasing agency, this file is a transcript of a 1949 conference convened at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (now Los Alamos National Laborat…

This three-page document from the CIA's electronic reading room profiles the National Investigations Committee on Aerial Phenomena (NICAP), characterizing it a…

This FBIS London message (DTG 26 June 1996) transmits an FBIS-translated ITAR-TASS World Service report by Vladas Burbulis, datelined Vilnius, 26 June. Accordi…

This UNCLASSIFIED FBIS London cable (serial LD2209194992), transmitted 22 September 1992 and approved for release by the CIA in 2003, reports on a Russian-lang…

This declassified CIA draft memorandum, dated 21 April 1995 (two days after the Oklahoma City Bombing), records that Ed May of Science Applications Internation…

This two-page CIA Memorandum for Record, dated 30 January 1953, records a briefing of the Office of National Estimates (ONE) Board concerning Unidentified Flyi…

This 26-page Top Secret document, dated 8 August 1962 and prepared for a policy meeting of the Special Group (Augmented), was authored by Brig. Gen. Edward G.…

This CIA-declassified file contains two memoranda from Ed May of the Cognitive Sciences Laboratory at Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC). Th…

Approved For Release 2000/08/10 : CIA-RDP96-00791R000200300001-3

This declassified CIA cable, preserved as two overlapping copies, documents internal correspondence about a man named Davidson who wrote an article and forward…

This two-page CIA Office Memorandum, dated 3 July 1953, was authored by the Chief of the Physics & Electronics Division of the Office of Scientific Intelligenc…

This 178-page file, released by the U.S. Department of War (via war.gov) in release 3 of its UFO document collection, compiles unidentified flying object incid…

This three-page SAIC internal memorandum (document ID SAICMP94.004), authored by Dr. Edwin May and marked SECRET/NO FORN, reports preliminary findings from thr…

This two-page CIA memorandum, dated 29 May 1953, discusses questions received from Leo (Leon) Davidson directed at Bob Robertson and 'Lloyd' regarding their ac…

This two-page CIA document, hosted in the CIA FOIA Reading Room, reports the observation of an unidentified flying object near the Iranian frontier. According…

This 5-page redacted Department of War memorandum records the personal account of 'Witness 5,' a federal law enforcement special agent who, with a partner spec…

According to the CIA, this August 1967 document reports on conversations held with Soviet scientists on the subject of unidentified flying objects during a US…

This declassified CIA document reproduces a Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) wire transcription of a feature article, 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Psi…

This one-page CIA memorandum, dated 9 January 1958 and originating from the Chicago Office of the Contact Division's Support Branch, documents a telephone conv…

This single-page memorandum, dated 23 May 1994, documents a request by PAG-TA on behalf of the program's external contractor, Science Applications Internationa…

This Central Intelligence Agency report, released via the CIA Reading Room, transmits an unevaluated firsthand account of an unidentified flying object seen ov…

According to the releasing agency, this declassified FBI office memorandum, dated April 17, 1958, was authored by Special Agent Robert Reynolds of the Detroit…